Nickels has challenger for mayor

Restaurant owner Burgarino seeks to oust incumbent after 1 term

7:02 PM,
Jan. 2, 2013

Tony Burgarino

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Tony Burgarino filed his nomination papers Wednesday with the required 200-plus signatures and will be on the April 2 Spring General Election ballot seeking to unseat Justin Nickels as mayor of the city of Manitowoc.

"I did not like the direction the city has been going," the owner of Tony's Pizza said of why he decided to attempt to stop Nickels' mayoral career after just one four-year term.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Burgarino moved to Manitowoc in 1991 after managing a Chicago-area Chili's restaurant and opened his own establishment on Washington Street. ...